Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris

10 reviews

emilkaek's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Violence

Minor: Antisemitism and Xenophobia

junoxx's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Antisemitism, Xenophobia, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

monarchkisses's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

the main character grapples with a lot of moral quandaries surrounding what they had to do to survive. the story shows them carrying that guilt while still finding ways to move forward. i think many of us carry guilt in the way cilka does. over things we can’t change and maybe we had to do them to survive but still struggle to accept. i found the story very moving because of this relationship to grief and shame, and also there is just so much love between the people in this book. it made me cry like a little baby at many a part. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Rape, Xenophobia, War, and Injury/Injury detail

noomlum's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, War, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

bookswithtrish's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Torture, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Rape, War, Pregnancy, Child death, Violence, Murder, Genocide, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Deportation, Physical abuse, Death, and Antisemitism

loopyyy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

This book is very well-written. In all honesty, I would have rated it higher if I didn’t see that the family of Cilka requested that the book not be published due to inaccuracies and misrepresentations of her and other characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Violence, Rape, and War

kelsie_mh's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Torture, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Rape

bexh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and Vomit

jitskevddoes's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Torture, and Xenophobia

alomie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book is extremely sad, it's a fictionalised novel about the life of a real woman who. Survived Auschwitz as a young woman, but while there is raped and works for the Nazi's to keep herself alive, and then once liberated is sentenced to 10 years in a Russian Gulag for "sleeping with the enemy". 
It was tough to get through and I had to stop and come back several times, it's hardly believable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Xenophobia, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Medical content, Infertility, Hate crime, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Death, Death of parent, Confinement, Cursing, and Antisemitism